Chevrolet HHR

Owners filed 3,575 complaints across 6 model years of the Chevrolet HHR. The 2006 drew the most (1,006).

Model years6
Complaints3,575
Recalls28
Fires29
Deaths8

Which Chevrolet HHR years should you avoid?

No Chevrolet HHR year stands out. Across the 6 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 566), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Chevrolet HHR model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2011203
3313Fuel/Propulsion SystemAbove average
2010516
4119SteeringAbove average
2009508
5720Electrical SystemAbove average
2008616
5630SteeringFatalities reported
2007726
5442SteeringAbove average
20061,006
6847SteeringFatalities reported

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.